These are the Australian number-one albums of 2006, per the ARIA Charts.
+KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2006.
Issue date Album Artist Weeks at number one (total) 2 January Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem 2 weeks 9 January Back to Bedlam James Blunt 12 weeks 16 January 23 January 30 January 6 February 13 February State of Emergency The Living End 1 week 20 February Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George Jack Johnson 1 week 27 February Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys 1 week 6 March Face to Face Westlife 3 weeks 13 March 20 March 27 March Both Sides of the Gun Ben Harper 2 weeks 3 April 10 April The Hard Road Hilltop Hoods 1 week 17 April Back to Bedlam James Blunt 12 weeks 24 April 1 May 8 May 10,000 Days Tool 1 week 15 May Reach Out: The Motown Record Human Nature 3 weeks 22 May Stadium Arcadium Red Hot Chili Peppers 3 weeks 29 May 5 June 12 June Best of Chris Isaak Chris Isaak 1 week 19 June Black Fingernails, Red Wine Eskimo Joe 4 weeks 26 June 3 July 10 July Desert Lights Something for Kate 1 week 17 July Black Holes and Revelations Muse 1 week 24 July Black Fingernails, Red Wine Eskimo Joe 4 weeks 31 July High School Musical Soundtrack 3 weeks 7 August 14 August 21 August Back to Basics Christina Aguilera 1 week 28 August Carnival Kasey Chambers 1 week 4 September Modern Times Bob Dylan 1 week 11 September Revelations Audioslave 1 week 18 September FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin Timberlake 1 week 25 September Ta-Dah Scissor Sisters 1 week 2 October I'm Not Dead Pink 2 weeks 9 October The Open Door Evanescence 2 weeks 16 October 23 October Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown II Human Nature 4 weeks 30 October Rudebox Robbie Williams 1 week 6 November Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown II Human Nature 4 weeks 13 November 20 November 27 November U218 Singles U2 2 weeks 4 December 11 December Boned! The 12th Man 1 week 18 December The Winner's Journey Damien Leith 5 weeks 25 December
Notes Number of number one albums: 28 Longest run at number one (during 2006): Back to Bedlam by James Blunt (8 weeks, 4 weeks previously in 2005; 3rd-longest run at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart in the 2000s) Human Nature held the #1 position for two albums in the same year, with Reach Out: The Motown Record and Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown II.
See also 2006 in music List of number-one singles in Australia of 2006
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